Macy's Glamorama has glamor, glitz, music and moves

Even in the middle of summer, it managed to snow in Minnesota on Friday night.

The flakes were part of the opening scene to Macy's Glamorama, the annual music, entertainment and fashion bash in downtown Minneapolis. The department store pulled out all the stops for the mega production.

Fake snow falling from above, sparkling beads stretching from floor-to-ceiling and even an ode to First Avenue club's wall of stars were just a few of the changing sets during fashion show segments at the State Theatre.

This year's Glamorama, themed "Fashion Rocks," featured what's hot off the runway, as well, with Jason Derulo as the musical headliner.

Derulo kept things fun with chart-topping songs like "The Other Side" and "Talk Dirty," while busting out the dance moves that are part of his signature style.

Glamorama offered plenty of glitz and glamour for fashion lovers, with 150 runway looks from fall collections of top design houses including Calvin Klein, Weekend Max Mara and Diesel. The Twin Cities audience was the first to get a glimpse of suits from the new Ryan Seacrest Distinction menswear line launching at Macy's this fall.

Glamorama is held in four cities throughout the country. Minneapolis followed by Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

And the hot-ticket bash went to a good cause, with proceeds from Friday's event benefiting the Children's Cancer Research Fund. In the more than 20 years the event has been held, almost $5 million has been raised on behalf of CCRF.